Florida Senate - 2010 SB 1020 By Senator Aronberg 27-00459D-10 20101020__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to agency inspectors general; amending 3 s. 20.055, F.S.; providing that an agency inspector 4 general may be appointed by the agency head after 14 5 days notice, in writing, to the Governor; providing 6 that an agency inspector general may be removed for 7 good cause shown by the agency head with the approval 8 of the Governor or a majority vote of the Cabinet; 9 requiring the Legislature to establish a line item 10 category for the inspector general for each state 11 agency describing the designated use of the 12 appropriated funds as provided in the General 13 Appropriations Act; providing an effective date. 14 15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16 17 Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 20.055, Florida 18 Statutes, is amended to read: 19 20.055 Agency inspectors general.— 20 (3)(a) The inspector general shall be appointed by the 21 agency head. For agencies under the direction of the Governor, 22 the appointment shall be made after notifying the Governor and 23 the Chief Inspector General in writing, at least 147days 24 beforeprior toan offer of employment, of the agency head’s 25 intention to hire the inspector general. 26 (b) Each inspector general shall serve at the pleasure of, 27 report to, and be under the general supervision of the agency 28 head and isshallnotbesubject to supervision by any other 29 employee of the state agency. The inspector general shall be 30 appointed without regard to political affiliation. 31 (c) An inspector general may be removed from office by the 32 agency head, for just cause shown, with the approval of the 33 Governor or a majority vote of the Cabinet. For agencies under 34 the direction of the Governor, the agency head shall notify the 35 Governor and the Chief Inspector General, in writing, of the 36 intention to terminate the inspector general at least 147days 37 prior to the removal. For state agencies under the direction of 38 the Governor and Cabinet or a cabinet officer, the agency head 39 shall notify the Governor and Cabinet in writing of the 40 intention to terminate the inspector general at least 147days 41 beforeprior tothe removal. 42 (d) The agency head or agency staff shall not prevent or 43 prohibit the inspector general from initiating, carrying out, or 44 completing any audit or investigation. 45 (e) In order to ensure that the expenditure of funds 46 appropriated to the office of an inspector general will be used 47 for the purposes intended by the Legislature, the Legislature 48 shall establish line item categories for the inspector general 49 for each state agency describing the designated use of the 50 appropriated funds as provided in the General Appropriations 51 Act. 52 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.